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In two pages this paper considers Plato's use of tetralogy organization in an overview of Books I and II of The Republic. There a...

This paper compares and contrasts Machiavelli's The Prince and Plato's Republic. This eight page paper has seven sources listed in...

In five pages this paper examines Socrates' dialogue with Thrasymachus and considers his concept of justice as described in Plato'...

In a paper consisting of three pages Socrates' philosophy that men should always act justly is in stark contrast to Machiavelli's ...

In nine pages this paper examines Plato's polis design as featured in The Republic in an analysis of the significance he places up...

In five pages this paper compares modern science's concept of reality with Plato's Theory of Forms and how they relate to understa...

In six pages the arguments of city vs. state, the individual, and soul and spirit that are raised in Hegel's Introduction to the P...

In four pages this paper examines how The Republic presents Plato's views regarding liberty and the perfect state. There are no o...

In order to effectively answer this, they decide on the necessity for an impartial judge who could not be made to choose a biased ...

they have the capacity to attain a happy, or perfect, life. Essential to the perfect polis is the individuals capacity to strive ...

prisoners were suddenly unshackled and forced to turn around and face the fire. To begin with, he would be blinded by its brillian...

In five pages Kaku's theory of the universe is compared and contrasted with Plato's cave allegory that is featured in Book VII of ...

In six pages this paper discusses the philosophical distinctions Socrates made between these two concepts as presented in Plato's ...

In four pages this paper discusses the contemporary court system and considers Plato's philosophy on leadership as presented in Th...

In five pages a comparison and contrast of how these philosophers perceived political leadership are made by noting the difference...

is a case for communism at least for the lower classes. The supporting premises for that conclusion have already been noted and ge...

to be transcendent elements sent to teach important lessons turns out to be nothing more than images cast from puppets whose shado...

with sickness, or the pilot who helps friends against "the perils of the sea" (Plato Book I). He then inquires into "what sort of ...

reaching true conclusions and therefore may use their knowledge of language and logic to confuse the average person on the issues ...

between the citizens. Taken together, the guardians are people who are skilled in governing certain areas. However, these two type...

how ones intellect cannot be considered a gender. In other words, intelligence is intelligence regardless of where it is housed. ...

is no realistic political system, for it takes considerably more than one mans word to impart a true sense of unity. "Thus, for y...

a weapon to the hands of a madman is obviously unjust. Taylor (2003) comments on how this refutation of Cephalus position demonstr...

In a type of author/character debate, Plato explores the premises of his theory by having Socrates debate them. Plato theorized ...

concepts that are far beyond his level of comprehension, only to ultimately be able to process the information. To reach true m...

then, accompanied by proof, it can therefore be called knowledge. He seems to move in circles a bit with this assertion, in that ...

of quickness and penetration, piercing easily below the clumsy platitudes of Thrasymachus to the real difficulty; he turns out to ...

the soul. What the mind or soul once knew is raised to present awareness by a process of recollection aided by the technique of di...

yet does not lose faith in the just and true" (Plato Jowett Translation Characters). In this we see that Plato appears to be indic...

he had dragged him out into the light of the sun" he would be distressed. For Socrates, the world above ground represents the othe...